The Bible object book

by C. H. Woolston

Cut out now a representation of a hammer and place it over Nazareth, and tell the story of the Carpentershop and how Jesus worked in it while he was learning his trade. Cut out a side view of an altar and put it on Mount Carmel and tell the story of Elijah and the priests of Baal.

Cut out a representation of a green tree; place that next to Gethsemane and tell the story of the prayers of Jesus under the olive-trees.

Cut out a white representation of a tent and place it by the side of Hebron and tell the story of Abraham and the Visiting Angels.

Now cut out a number of dark green trees, and place them in the Mountains of Lebanon in the far north, and tell them the story of the building of Solomon's Temple, and how they took the timber from these hills to build the Temple.

Cut out a representation of a one-story Oriental house, and place it near to Bethany, and tell the story of the Home of Mary and Martha, the place where Jesus loved to go. After the map is finished take down these pictures, and ask the children to put them back into their proper places and tell the Bible story connected with each.

This method of teaching sacred geography you will find to be very interesting to boys and girls because they are building together. Here is another use to which you can put the rag method.

If you so desire you can make profile or front-view pictures and tell more Bible stories with them. Here is a representation of the Ark and Tower of Babel.

Put the hull part of the ark in place first, then add to the top, and later put on the door and window; this will give a fair representation of the Ark of Noah. The Tower of Babel can be built this way also.

It is possible to draw line pictures on the smooth side of the flannel with the oil crayon which is now found in all the stationery shops at small cost. After the figure has been drawn out cut it into a number of pieces and put them together on the background to add a little variety to this method of teaching. Bring all the rags out of a bag which you call the "Ragged Prophet's Bag." Turn the bag upside down, allowing all the rags you use to fall out on the table top. Have the rags you use all pinned together so they will not mix with the other rags of the bag.